On Colbert Tonight: How Gaming Makes Us Better People

Posted on Feb 03, 2011

It’s not super often that two completely unrelated interests of mine meet. So when they do, I take notice. Tonight at 11:30 EST on Comedy Central’s Colbert Report, Game Designer Jane McGonigal will clash with comedian Stephen Colbert on the topic of her new book, “Reality is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How

The Balancing Act: Catching Up When Real Life Takes Over

Posted on Feb 03, 2011

Life likes to throw curve balls every now and then to keep us on our toes. And sometimes adapting requires a bit of down time for those things in life that aren’t our biggest priorities. Without going into much boring detail, that’s been what’s kept me away from WoW for the past 8 weeks. Real

ArenaNet’s Peters Assures No “Trinity Classes”

Posted on Feb 02, 2011

Only a few days after revealing the Guardian profession (a Paladin archetype) for Guild Wars 2, ArenaNet has been inundated with complaints that they’re catering to the Trinity crowd — those that favor classes capable of fulfilling any of MMO gaming’s three key roles. For a game that aims to break genre paradigms, such a

What Blizzard Can Learn from Rift

Posted on Jan 31, 2011

An ancient, extraterrestrial race sweeps across the universe, destroying and consuming worlds until they finally come upon the one whose children are capable of and willing to fight back. After some infighting amongst these beings, a serpentine god of death is banished to the elemental planes while a magical barrier is erected to keep the

Lore Hound LiveCast Episode 2: Round Two, FIGHT!

Posted on Jan 25, 2011

After two months passing by, with a Cataclysmic Event going between it, Nathan Harris and his devil’s advocate, Kyle Thomas, return for your random viewing pleasure. After initiating a few tweaks to look, placement and design, the two shall return with an improved format. Be here to watch it live on Saturday, January 29th at

Shadowfang Keep 1.1 – Baron Ashbury Buries the Group

Posted on Jan 24, 2011

As requested by many Lore Hound regulars, I’ve finally dusted off my software (is that even possible?) and now return with video guides for Cataclysm‘s Heroic Dungeons. Starting it off, here’s my favorite: Shadowfang Keep. With a few changes to graphics, mob placement and mob type, this dungeon is all new and improved. Check out

LoreFlix: Gree D2

Posted on Dec 30, 2010

Among scouring my routine sites and sounds on the internet, I found some winning entries in the Pre-Cataclysm contests that happened with the Darkmoon Faire site. The winner for the YouTube video section created this funny little “commercial” for our new green buddies enemies – the Goblins. Always looking to make a quick buck, no

Lore Hound LivePlay: Glory to the Alliance

Posted on Dec 27, 2010

In this edition of LivePlay, I’ll be doing my version of For the Hoard, as I go and (hopefully) obtain Anzu, the Raven Lord, the Swift White Hawkstrider / Phoenix Hatchling, and Rivendare’s Deathcharger. With my new-found abilities of soloing Burning Crusade heroics, I’ve routinely farmed these mounts out. If there’s any others you’d like

Cataclysm Dungeon Location Gallery (Where is the Entrance to…)

Posted on Dec 22, 2010

Update: As of Patch 4.0.6, players will no longer be required to find a dungeon’s location in order to queue for it. Why? Take a look at our analysis of the subject for more. Until then, scroll on for our handy dandy dungeon location guide. In the latest expansion of World of Warcraft, Blizzard changed

Curse.com Launches New Guild Hosting Site: WowStead

Posted on Dec 20, 2010

With have launching a new guild myself, House Hlaalu, I know having everything established guilds have can be difficult. Well, Curse.com has done it again.  With its endless supply of resources the company’s “new” hosting service, WowStead, has finally gone into public beta. Read their description below. Wowstead has been in development for a while